Leading among the states with the worst sex ratio, Haryana, again displays its patriarchal mind-set in the number of women candidates competing in the parliamentary elections. Of the 223 candidates competing for 10 seats, only 11 are women candidates. Of the 1.80 crore registered electors, 83, 40,173 are women. Despite this huge representation of women […]

The East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency in the national capital has seen a major clash between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).  Atishi Marlena of AAP held a press conference on Thursday, accusing her BJP opponent, Gautam Gambhir, a former cricketer, of circulating pamphlets with derogatory and abusive language addressed […]

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, to put forward what women as a community feel and want, Penn Thozhilalar Sangam and Prajnya community wrote an open letter to this year’s LS candidates. Here are some of the important takeaways from their letter: They have shared their concerns as the citizens of India with those who would […]

While rallying across Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh today, Priyanka Gandhi targeted the ruling party and its leader on a number of issues ranging from PM Narendra Modi’s negligence in visiting his home constituency of Varanasi to his foreign visits. However, Gandhi’s rally suffered an initial hiccup as she missed the first corner meeting, she was […]

If wedding invitation cards weren’t enough, now there’s the Modi Saree featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s face on it! With Lok Sabha elections round the corner, a shop in Surat has broken all boundaries by launching the Modi saree, which quickly became popular among ladies in Modi’s home state, Gujarat as per some reports. Women these days are […]